Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 8: In another incident of the rapid rise of the mining mafia in Jammu and Kashmir, an IFS Officer had a narrow escape when the goons tried to crush his vehicle, in an area falling under Janipur Police Station here, when he was chasing them.
An official while talking to Early Times said, “A Special Task Force was constituted last week by Jammu and Kashmir Government to curb illegal mining on the banks of River Tawi with Addl DC (Law & Order) Jammu as its chairman, SP Hqrs Jammu, Assistant Conservator of Forests Jammu and District Mineral Officer (DMO) Jammu as its members.”
He added that during the first meeting of the Special Task Force, it was decided to conduct surprise checks on illegal transportation of sand. On 7.11.2020, at around 1.00 am when Rushal Garg IFS, ACF Jammu, and Ankur Sachdev, DMO Jammu along with their teams were conducting a surprise checks, they spotted a tipper with illegal sand. When sand mafia noticed the vehicle of the IFS officer chasing them, they unloaded the Bajri in front of the STF vehicle and tried to run over the car.
“Taking cognizance of the incident, a case has been registered at Janipur Police station u/s 336 and 353 for endangering life and obstruction of government duty. The vehicle was seized during the midnight raids that were conducted by the Police and the driver has been identified, efforts are on to nab him,” a Police official said. |
